| The IS&T Research Computing Services (RCS) group offers a tutorial series on programming, data analysis, high performance computing, and domain specific topics three times each year. These tutorials are free and open to all members of the Boston University community.
The RCS tutorials cover concepts, techniques, and tools which researchers can use in their own computing environments. Many are designed to help you make effective use of the Boston University Shared Computing Cluster (SCC). The RCS staff can also deliver extra, or customized, tutorial sessions to your course, group, or lab. Please contact us at help@scc.bu.edu if you are interested.
Registration is now open for the RCS Fall 2024 Trainings. Recordings and slides from past tutorials by RCS staff and vendors are also available.
- For hands-on sessions where you wish to use your own computer, please have the appropriate software installed on your computer before the session starts.
- Tutorials are tagged based on experience required (Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced), location (details below), and if they are new.
- Tutorial sessions are held either in-person or over Zoom. Note that Zoom sessions will be recorded; keep your camera off it you do not want your image recorded. The recorded sessions may be made available to the BU community
Note they are switching this year to using a new registration system, Terrier eDevelopment, that will send calendar invites to attendees, supports a waiting list, and has various other new features. For those who have taken our tutorials in the past, the new registration process is quite different. Follow the process outlined here to register for tutorials.
- Go to the tutorial you want to register for by clicking on its name below. This will take you to our RCS Tutorials page on TechWeb.
- Click the appropriate green ‘Register for this session’ link.
- This will take you to a page on Terrier eDevelopment. Click the blue ‘Register’ button which will take you to another page on Terrier eDevelopment.
- Click the blue ‘Add’ button and then click the blue ‘Register’ button on the bottom right of that same page.
- If you wish to register for additional tutorials, return to the RCS Tutorials page and follow the same process for each.
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Trainings Schedule
| Research Computing Basics Tutorials |
Tue, Sep 3
1:00pm – 3:00pm |
  Introduction to BU’s Shared Computing Cluster (Hands-on) |
Wed, Sep 4
12:00pm – 2:00pm |
 Introduction to BU’s Shared Computing Cluster (Hands-on) |
Wed, Sep 4
2:30pm – 4:30pm |
Introduction to Linux (Hands-on) |
Thu, Sep 5
10:00am – 12:00pm |
 Intermediate Usage of the SCC (Lecture) |
Thu, Sep 5
4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Intermediate Usage of the SCC (Lecture) |
| Computer Programming Tutorials |
Mon, Sep 9
9:30am – 11:30am |
Introduction to Python, Part One (Hands-on) |
Wed, Sep 11
9:30am – 11:30am |
Introduction to Python, Part Two (Hands-on) |
Tue, Sep 10
10:00am – 12:00pm |
Natural Language Processing Basics (Hands-on) |
Thu, Sep 12
10:00am – 12:00pm |
Introduction to Julia (Hands-on) |
Mon, Sep 16
9:30am – 11:30am |
Numerical Computing in Python (Hands-on) |
Wed, Sep 18
9:30am – 11:30am |
Python for Data Analysis (Hands-on) |
Tue, Sep 17
10:00am – 12:00pm |
Introduction to MATLAB, Part One (Hands-on) |
Thu, Sep 19
10:00am – 12:00pm |
Introduction to MATLAB, Part Two (Hands-on) |
| Data Analysis Tutorials |
Tue, Sep 10
4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Introduction to R (Hands-on) |
Thu, Sep 12
4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Data Wrangling in R (Hands-on) |
Thu, Sep 19
4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Graphics in R: ggplot2 (Hands-on) |
Tue, Sep 24
4:00pm – 6:00pm |
Programming in R (Hands-on) |
| Domain Specific Topics Tutorials |
Tue, Sep 10
1:00pm – 3:00pm |
Introduction to GIS Theory (Lecture) |
Thu, Sep 12
1:00pm – 3:00pm |
Introduction to QGIS (Demonstration) |
Tue, Sep 17
1:00pm – 3:00pm |
Introduction to ArcGIS Online Portal (Hands-on) |
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